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Did you know that Marvin the Martian was from Pittsburgh? |
The weekend's pin up boy |
The Disco/Luau couple |
The Hambugler; yes, I stand corrected, these folks are not from Pittsburgh, they are crazies from the Motor City. |
The assembled mass of skaters descends on Philly.
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Sometimes only a motion shot can convey motion
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No stop signs here, we blast right through Philly's museum campus. |
Fashion fatigues |
Skating up the parking lot ramp!! What goes up must come down.
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Back on the street again. |
Heading down into the subway tunnels. |
Annie looking in control on the slick concrete. |
Terry and Ross at the dinner stop
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Skate patrol makes it all possible |
Giving guys a reason to live.
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After the dinner the less stuffed went out for a second skate. Many others however were spotted at the hotel bar behind the salted rims of their margaritas. |
Saturday morning... |
and the optimist in all of us says, "No way will it rain." The Chicagoans pose for a picture. |
Terry taking off from the hotel parking lot. |
See the brakes being applied; there are actual inclines in Philly - hills they call them.
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Phil captures the bobarazzi en-route
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Annie up close and personal |
Phil's first traffic stop as a part of NSP. CAR BACK!! |
A welcome down hill after a big push up into Fairmont Park. |
One of the few times skater traffic was stopped for autos and you can see how happy they are to be skating again.
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Once into the park, a multitude of Volunteers had burgers and hotdogs on the grill, salads, veggie burgers, fruit drinks and strawberry shortcake as a finale. The raffle saw folks walk off with six or more new pairs of skates and other gear. And we had plenty of time to forget about the possibility of rain - until the thunder started. One or two busses weren't going to cut it for 600 skaters so we booted up and headed back. We managed to get down the big hills before the downpours hit; sheets of sideways blowing rain tends to sting the eyes a bit, even when you wear glasses. The call could be heard, "Thunder Up!" answered by "Lighting Back!!" |
After the storm blew though the camera could come back out. Yes we're heading uphill on wet streets. |
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Capt. Jack, Annie and Tom happy to have made it back to the hotel.
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Once we've dried off it's time to dry the bearings. Phil gets cozy on the floor. |
Pretty, plus she's mechanical!! |
Thanks to Philadelphia's Landskaters, the Philadephia police department, and National Skate Patrol for putting so much time and energy into making this party such a huge success. |
